Well, it's that time again! October's monthly menu is here! As always, if some of the recipes from this month's menu sound like something you'd like to try, just let me know and I'll send you the link. And if you're lucky, I'll post a recipe or two from the menu to share with you. Enjoy!
Let me just start by saying that this DIY Homework Caddy has been a lifesaver at our house. We don't really have room in our house for an extra desk for the kids to work at, so they have to do their schoolwork at the kitchen table. Before I put together these caddies, cleaning up the mess after the kids were done their work was just a nightmare. You know--glue sticks, crayons, pencils all over the table--and no where really to put them. And of course, having limited funds, we were looking for some very inexpensive items to make our…
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel I've been a mom long enough to say that there is a small rift between mothers. The working kind. The kind that says, "You're a stay at home mom, so you don't do anything all day," or the kind that says, "You willingly leave your children all day to go to work." I know this rift isn't there for all women, but I know that it's there in some places. That's why I'm here to say today that, as a stay-at-home mom, I admire you. The working moms. Here's why: Sometimes you…
These days it seems you have to have a helmet for everything: hitting a baseball, bicycling, driving a motorcycle, working on a construction site, playing football, fighting a fire...you get the point. Not only this, quite often safety head lamps are needed too, especially when working on construction sites or for cycling in the dark. Being able to see what you're doing limits the amount of injury you can do to yourself... I would hope anyway. It's because of past mistakes and the latest up-to-date safety precautions that we are required to (or at least strongly requested to) wear helmets.…
I'm so happy to report that this week was fairly smooth sailing! For once, all kids were in school all week, and my schedule was fairly normal. The only day that didn't quite go as planned was Thursday, when my allergies were really bothering me so I decided not to go for a walk and picked up some allergy medicine from the store instead (among other things). So here's what I actually accomplished this week: Spiritual: Devotions (5/7) Designated prayer time (2/7) Mental: Journal (3/7) Physical: Drink soda only 2 days 4 c. of water daily (5/7) Exercise (2/7) Family:…